"Lush, dangerous, a dark jewel of a book . . . intoxicating" - Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows
Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.
And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.
One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal.
As Jude grows older, she realises that she will need to take part in the dangerous deceptions of the fey to ever truly belong.
But the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal. And looming over all is the infuriating, arrogant and charismatic Prince Cardan . . .
Enter the dramatic and thrilling world of the Folk of the Air, brimful of magic and romance from New York Times bestselling author Holly Black.
Um, wow. This book is next level unreal amazing. It's my first ever Holly Black book but won't be my last (not least because I have The Wicked King ready to read immediately). I absolutely loved The Cruel Prince. The world is amazing, I loved the love-hate relationship between Jude and Cardan, I've never been into faerie books, it's been the one supernatural being I could never get into until now.
I loved this book so much. I pretty much devoured the majority of it in one sitting because it just kept getting better and better. Bravo Holly Black, The Cruel Prince is easily one of my favourite reads of the year so far.
